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Updated: July 16, 2025
I was cross, I know, but she and M. Ballompre made me so;" and Ethel was in the midst of the narration of her grievances, when Norman came in. The school was half a mile off, but he had not once failed to come home, in the interval allowed for play after dinner, to inquire for his sister. "Well, Norman, you are out of breath, sit down and rest. What is doing at school; are you dux of your class?"
M. Ballompre, the master, knew what was good and bad French, but could not render a reason, and Ethel, being versed in the principles of grammar, from her Latin studies, chose to know the why and wherefore of his corrections she did not like to see her pages defaced, and have no security against future errors; while he thought her a troublesome pupil, and was put out by her questions.
Miss Winter explained that Ethel had, in an extremely short time, performed an exercise in which no fault could be detected except the writing, which was pronounced to be too atrocious to be shown up to M. Ballompre.
Flora said afterwards to Margaret, "I managed nicely for her. I would not let M. Ballompre blunder upon any of the subjects Ethel feels too deeply to talk of in good French, and really Ethel has a great talent for languages. How fast she gets on with Italian!" "That she does," said Margaret.
They wrangled, Miss Winter was displeased, and Ethel felt injured. Mary's inability to catch the pronunciation, and her hopeless dull look when she found that coeur must not be pronounced cour, nor cur, but something between, to which her rosy English lips could never come all this did not tease M. Ballompre, for he was used to it. His mark for Ethel's lesson was "de l'humeur."
"And you leave about your faux commencements, as M. Ballompre would call them, for us to stumble over," said Margaret. "But Flora would manage!" said Ethel. "She has power over people, and can influence them. Oh, Ritchie, don't persuade papa out of letting her go." "Does Mr. Wilmot wish it?" asked Richard. "I have not heard him say, but he was very much vexed about the prayers," said Ethel.
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